On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Chuck Mariotti <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been looking at Atom based systems for a while. I keep drooling over > these cheapo, compact, low power units. > > I'd really like to replace my 1Ghz, 1GB, 1U machine running pfSense with one. > Are these things supported in pfSense? > > Is anyone using them or can recommend a board or specific system? > > I just need dual network/LAN. > > I have been looking at Jetway and Intel boards. > > Any suggested configs (and accessories, riser cards, CF, etc...) or > alternatives would be appreciated.
Here ya go: http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=60_84&products_id=671 Alix 6B2 Kit. 2 10/100 NICs, 500MHz Geode processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB flash, $180. All you need to run pfSense. And only draws about 5w from the wall. Only drawback is that you have to pull the flash card when you want to upgrade an embedded system - for my production systems I keep an extra flash card around (less than $20) flash that and load it with a config backup so that downtime is minimal when upgrading. Basically as long as it takes for you to pull the thing apart and swap out a flash card. If the case had an opening for the flash card it'd be even faster (have been tempted to dremel out an opening to make flash card swapouts and upgrades extremely quick). They also make the Alix boards with 3 NICs and you can also load them up with a miniPCI wireless card, too if you want that. -Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
